EP3354966B1 - Beleuchtungssystem für fahrzeuge mit rotierenden modulen - Google Patents

Beleuchtungssystem für fahrzeuge mit rotierenden modulen Download PDF

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EP3354966B1
EP3354966B1 EP17154061.0A EP17154061A EP3354966B1 EP 3354966 B1 EP3354966 B1 EP 3354966B1 EP 17154061 A EP17154061 A EP 17154061A EP 3354966 B1 EP3354966 B1 EP 3354966B1
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Pablo RODRIGUEZ ORTEGA
Stephanie RENARD
Sergio Zattoni
Whilk Marcelino GONCALVES
Christophe Le Dall
Michael Bore
Lucien Stee
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Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy SpA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/65—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on light sources
    • F21S41/657—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on light sources by moving light sources
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/0029—Spatial arrangement
    • B60Q1/0041—Spatial arrangement of several lamps in relation to each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/06—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle
    • B60Q1/08—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically
    • B60Q1/085—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/06—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle
    • B60Q1/08—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically
    • B60Q1/12—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically due to steering position
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/67—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on reflectors
    • F21S41/675—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on reflectors by moving reflectors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q2300/00—Indexing codes for automatically adjustable headlamps or automatically dimmable headlamps
    • B60Q2300/30—Indexing codes relating to the vehicle environment
    • B60Q2300/31—Atmospheric conditions
    • B60Q2300/312—Adverse weather
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q2300/00—Indexing codes for automatically adjustable headlamps or automatically dimmable headlamps
    • B60Q2300/30—Indexing codes relating to the vehicle environment
    • B60Q2300/33—Driving situation
    • B60Q2300/334—Driving situation on motorways

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  • the present invention relates to a lighting system for vehicles, consisting in a pair of complementary lighting devices, each equipped with a main lighting module, and with a plurality (i.e. at least two) of secondary lighting modules having rotation capabilities in order to provide selectively a plurality of lighting distributions by means of the same lighting system.
  • Lighting systems for vehicles based on a pair of complementary lighting devices provided with rotating elements, like a rotating reflector, are known in the art.
  • US4868721 discloses a lighting module comprising a light source and at least one reflector, wherein the reflector is motorized and is designed to intercept a concentrated unidirectional pencil of light produced by the light source, which is fixed with respect to the reflector, causing, due to its rotation around a fixed axis, a continuous rapid scanning of the pencil of light within a predetermined solid angle.
  • EP2902701 discloses a device of the kind of that of US4868721 , but wherein the light source is a LED and the reflector consists of a rotating support having two opposite faces, one constituting the reflector and the other realizing a second function, e.g. an aspect function; a fixed motor rotates the support with respect to the fixed light source in order to bring selectively the two faces on the front side of the device facing toward the direction of motion of the vehicle.
  • a fixed motor rotates the support with respect to the fixed light source in order to bring selectively the two faces on the front side of the device facing toward the direction of motion of the vehicle.
  • the lighting device according to US4868721 is generally expensive to be produced and may be of complex operation; moreover it may be incapable to meet the modern lighting requirements which imply the capacity of the lighting device to be adaptive to different running situations of the vehicle, e.g. to follow a turn when the driving wheel is rotated and/or to raise or lower the light beam emitted by the device e.g. during a country run or a city run.
  • EP2902701 may generate only two different main light functions, each by means of one of the two reflective surfaces of the support.
  • DE 10 2008 028797 A1 discloses a lighting system of the prior art.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a lighting system for vehicles consisting in a pair of complementary lighting devices each comprising at least a rotating lighting module, able to carry out a plurality of lighting function though being of simple and compact construction, cost-effective and highly reliable.
  • reference number 1 indicates as a whole a lighting system for vehicles comprising a pair of complementary lighting devices 2,3, in the non-limiting embodiment shown, a pair of complementary vehicle headlight assemblies 2,3, which are only schematically shown from the front, with parts, which are not essential for describing the invention, removed for sake of simplicity.
  • the lighting devices 2,3 are designed to be assembled on a vehicle 4 (shown only schematically and only in part with dashed lines) on the right outboard side and on the left outboard side respectively, in the example shown on the front of the vehicle 4, facing the forward driving direction FD of the vehicle 4, indicated by an arrow in figure 1 .
  • the lighting devices 2,3 are complementary, which means that, as far as the present invention is concerned, they are able to generate forward light beams 5,6 which partially cross each other so as to generate on a standard test screen placed in front of the lighting system 1, when the lighting devices 2,3 are switched on, respective overall light projections 7,8 which are partially superimposed in horizontal direction, as it is clearly shown in figure 1 , where projections 7,8 are shown as a whole as differently hatched areas: overall light projection 7 is formed on the test screen by light beam 5 generated by lighting device 2, while overall light projection 8 is formed on the test screen by light beam 6 generated by lighting device 3.
  • Each lighting device 2,3 comprises a generally cup-shaped housing body 9, shown only in part in figure 1 , which housing body 9 is designed to be mounted on vehicle 1 in a known manner.
  • Housing bodies 2 of both devices 2,3 are made of synthetic plastic material by injection molding and have each a front inlet opening 10 in use facing opposite to the vehicle and toward the forward driving direction FD of the vehicle 1; the front inlet openings 10 are closed by respective transparent covers, normally constituted by a terse lens (i.e. a transparent lens not provided with optical functions), known and not shown for sake of simplicity.
  • each housing body 9 carries at the interior thereof at least one main lighting module 12 and at least two, and preferably three or more, in the embodiment shown three, secondary (or auxiliary) lighting modules 13, 14 and 15, arranged side by side to one another and on the same side of the main lighting module 12: all the modules 13-15 may be visible from the outside through the transparent cover closing the inlet openings 10.
  • the housing bodies 9 are designed to be mounted in a known manner on vehicle 1 with the front inlet opening 10 arranged to face in use toward the forward driving direction FD; the main lighting module 12 and the at least two (three in the embodiment shown) secondary lighting modules 13,14,15 are arranged inside the housing body 9 facing the inlet opening.
  • each lighting device 2,3 is carried in a fixed manner within the respective housing body 9, rigid and stationary thereby, while the secondary lighting modules 13,14,15 are carried within the housing body 9 of the respective lighting device 2,3 rotatable in relation to the housing body 9 itself and to the respective main lighting module 12, each around a respective its own first axis, each indicated in figure 1 with a different reference letter "A", "B” and "C".
  • the first axes A,B,C of the secondary lighting modules 13,14,15 are arranged parallel to each other and transverse to an horizontal plane crossing transversally the lighting devices 2,3 and containing the optical axes of the lighting devices 12-15, i.e. the axes along which their generated light beams 5,6 travels forward.
  • FIG 7 is shown in more details and in an enlarged scale one lighting module only, namely lighting module 15, having an optical axis OA along which the light beam (indicated as 6c in figure 7 ) generated thereby travels forward.
  • All the rotating lighting modules 13,14,15 of both the lighting devices 2,3 have an identical structure and comprise, each, (as it is described in greater details in the parallel patent application EP16200369.3 filed on November 23, 2016 in the name of the same applicants and the whole content of which is incorporated herein by reference) at least one first light source 16, at least one first reflector 17 and at least one first actuator 18 to rotate the reflector 17 of each module 13,14,15 relative to the respective light source 16 around the first axis A, B, C (axis C in figure 7 ) of each module.
  • the pair of lighting devices 2,3 are designed to be mounted at opposite outboard front sides of vehicle 4; the pair of lighting devices 2,3 are moreover configured to generate on a test screen placed in front of the lighting system 1, when they are switched on, the overall light projections 7,8 which partially overlap in an horizontal direction, as already described; the lighting system 1 further comprising a control unit 19 ( figure 1 ) to switch on/off selectively the main lighting module 12 and the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3.
  • the at least two (three in the embodiment shown) secondary lighting modules 13,14,15 of each lighting device 2,3 are designed and/or arranged within the respective housing body 9, i.e. are configured, so as to generate on the test screen, when they are switched on, respective individual light projections, at it will be indicated in greater details herein below, which are arranged at least in part offset to one another in a vertical direction.
  • the main lighting module 12 and the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 are configured to generate each, when switched on, an individual light projection on the test screen, the sum of the individual light projections of the modules 12-15 of each lighting device 2,3 forming the overall light projection 7,8 generated by each lighting device 2,3.
  • the overall light projection 7 is formed by the superimposition (partial or total) to an individual light projection 20 generated by the switching on of the main lighting module 12 of the lighting device 2 of individual light projections 21,22,23 generated by the switching on of the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of the lighting device 2; the light projections 21-23, in the configuration shown in figure 1 , are totally superimposed to the light projection 20 and are arranged vertically offset to one another to such an extent that the projections 21 and 22 are not superimposed to each other in the vertical direction (so they are completely offset to each other), while projection 23 is partially superimposed to projection 22 in the vertical direction (so it is only partially offset to projection 22).
  • the overall light projection 8 is formed by the superimposition (partial or total) to an individual light projection 24 generated by the switching on of the main lighting module 12 of the lighting device 3, and of individual light projections 25,26,27 generated by the switching on of the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of the lighting device 3; the lighting devices 2,3 are moreover configured such that the overall light projection 7 is superimposed to overall light projection 8.
  • Superimposition of different light projections generated by different lighting modules increases, proportionally with the number of superimposed light projections, the illumination intensity in the superimposition area.
  • each of the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 are rotatable around the respective first axes independently of one another and are further rotatable, all together or at least one (e.g. lighting module 15) independently of the others (e.g. modules 13,14), around a second axis D ( figure 7 ) arranged substantially perpendicular to the first axes A,B,C.
  • the second axis D may be one in common for all the lighting modules 13-15, or each module 13,14,15 may have its own axis D perpendicular to the respective axis A,B,C, the axed D of all the modules 13-15 being parallel to one another.
  • control unit 19 is moreover designed to selectively rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of the same or different angles around the first axes A,B,C and around the second axis D ( figure 7 ) and to switch on/off the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 independently of the switching on/off of the main lighting module 12 of each and the same lighting device 2,3.
  • the at least two secondary lighting modules (three in the embodiment shown) 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 are, according to one possible embodiment of the invention, arranged within the housing body 9 offset to one another in the direction of the first axes A,B,C, so as to obtain, when they are lighted on, the described offset in the light projections 21-23 and 25-27; of course, as it should be clear for the skilled person, the same feature of the offset in the light projections generated by the secondary lighting modules can be obtained in other manners, e.g. by means of lenses and/or by suitably shaping the reflectors 17.
  • the secondary lighting modules 13-15 are arranged side by side and on one side of the respective main lighting module 12 opposite to a first lateral end 28 of the respective housing body 9 designed to be mounted at the outboard side of the vehicle 4; the very same lateral end 28 of the housing body of each lighting device 2,3 is moreover shaped to receive the main lighting module 12.
  • Module 15 is designed to generate on the test screen, when it is switched on, a first individual light projection (indicated as 23 for lighting device 2 and as 27 for lighting device 3) which is arranged upwards in relation to the other individual light projections 21,22 (for projection 23 of lighting device 2) and 25,26 (for projection 27 of lighting device 3) generated on the test screen by the other secondary lighting modules 13,14.
  • the light projections 23 and 27 are less wide in horizontal direction than the respective individual light projections 21,22 and 25,26 generated on the test screen by the other secondary lighting modules 13,14.
  • the secondary lighting module 15 of each lighting device 2,3 is provided with a light beam conformation device 30 which is illustrated only in a schematic manner in figure 7 and comprises an active element 31 constituted e.g. either by a blind screen or a light conformation lens, and an actuator 32 to selectively move the blind screen or the conformation lens 31 to intercept, at least in part, a light beam (light beam 6c in figure 7 ) generated by the first secondary lighting module 15.
  • a light beam conformation device 30 which is illustrated only in a schematic manner in figure 7 and comprises an active element 31 constituted e.g. either by a blind screen or a light conformation lens, and an actuator 32 to selectively move the blind screen or the conformation lens 31 to intercept, at least in part, a light beam (light beam 6c in figure 7 ) generated by the first secondary lighting module 15.
  • the light beam conformation device 30 is designed to modify an aspect ratio of the individual light projection formed on the test screen by the light beam generated by the first secondary lighting module 15 when it is switched on, namely of projections 23 generated by module 15 of lighting device 2 and of projection 27 generated by module 15 of lighting device 3.
  • aspect ratio it is intended the ratio between the width and the height of each light projection 23,27.
  • the control unit 19 is designed to rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 around the first axes A,B,C to assume a first position (shown in figure 1 ) in which modules 13-15 are oriented substantially parallel to the main lighting module 12 of the respective lighting device 2,3 and wherein the individual light projections 21-23 generated on the test screen by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of one lighting device, in the example shown of lighting device 2, are at least partially superimposed in the horizontal direction with the corresponding individual light projections 25-27 generated on the same test screen by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of the other lighting device, in the example shown of lighting device 3.
  • the control unit is further designed and configured to rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3 around the second axis D to such an extent to arrange selectively the individual light projections 21-23 and 25-27 generated by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3, when they are switched on and are in the first position:
  • the control unit 19 is also designed to rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of each lighting device 2,3 around the first axes A,B,C to assume a second position (not shown for sake of simplicity) in which they are oriented substantially at an angle with the main lighting module 12 of the respective lighting device 2,3 and wherein the individual light projections, e.g. projections 21-23, generated on the test screen by the secondary lighting modules of one lighting device, e.g. the modules 13-15 of the lighting device 2, are substantially not superimposed in the horizontal direction with the corresponding individual light projections 25-27 generated on the same test screen by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of the other lighting device 3, but are on the contrary arranged side by side therewith, as shown in figures 3 and 4 .
  • the individual light projections e.g. projections 21-23
  • control unit 19 is also designed to rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3 around the second axis D to such an extent to arrange selectively the individual light projections 21-23 and 25-27 generated by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3, when they are switched on and are in the second position, either at a cut-of line 34 of the individual light projections 20,24 generated by the main lighting modules 12 or below the cut-off line 34.
  • the control unit 19 is also designed to rotate the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3 around the second axis D to such an extent to arrange selectively the individual light projections 21-23 and 25-27 generated by the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of both the lighting devices 2,3, when they are switched on and are in the second position, either at a cut-of line 34 of the individual light projections 20,24 generated by the main lighting modules 12 or below the cut-off line 34.
  • the control unit 19 is designed to activate, under selected conditions, the light beam conformation device 30 associated with the secondary lighting module 15 of each lighting device 2,3 and configured to modify the aspect ratio of at least one or both the individual light projections 23,27 formed on the test screen by the light beam 6c generated by one or both the secondary lighting module 15 when they are switched on.
  • the control unit 19 is also configured to selectively switching on only one of the lighting modules 15, while the other is maintained switched off, in order to generate selectively only one of the two light projections 23,27 ( figures 5,6 ).
  • control unit 19 is designed, under selected conditions different form the former ones, to maintain switched off all the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of a first of said pair of lighting devices 2,3, e.g. those of the lighting device 2 in the example shown in figure 2 , and to simultaneously rotate around the first axes the secondary lighting modules 13-15 of a second of said pair of lighting devices 2,3, e.g. those of the lighting device 3 in the example shown in figure 2 , to assume a plurality of third positions (not shown) wherein they are oriented such as to form different angles with the corresponding main lighting module 12 of the same lighting device, on the side of the main lighting module 12 opposite to the first lateral end 28 of the housing body 9 immediately adjacent to the main lighting module 12.
  • the individual light projections 25,26,27 on the test screen are only partially superimposed to one another and only partially superimposed, or even fully shifted laterally, to the individual light projection 24 (in the example shown) of the corresponding main lighting module 12.
  • the vice-versa is also possible, so as to maintain switched off the lighting modules 13-15 of the lighting device 3 and to switch on and rotate the lighting modules 13-15 of the lighting device 2.
  • each secondary lighting module 13-15 of the lighting device 3 may be shifted progressively farther away from the first lateral end 28 toward the outboard side of vehicle 4, e.g. to follow a right turn of vehicle 4, or the light projections 21-23 may be shifted progressively farther away in the opposite versus to follow a left turn of vehicle 4.
  • each of the secondary lighting modules are shifted progressively farther away in relation to the light projection of the secondary lighting module immediately adjacent thereto, as shown in figure 2 for the modules of the lighting device 3.
  • the upward light projections 23,27 are shifted in the respective outboard direction more than the light projections 22,26 and the latter more than the downward light projections 21,25.
  • figure 2 (or a specular configuration) is selected, in order to better illuminate the turn and with the advantage, with respect to the known adaptive lighting devices, that there is a better and more continuous illumination of the forward trajectory of the vehicle.
  • figures 4 or 5 is selected for the forward march along city streets and that one of figures 3 or 6 for the forward march in bad-weather conditions.
  • All the above configurations of the obtainable light distribution are controlled and selected by the central unit 19, e.g. in function of selected inputs coming from suitable sensors, e.g. a rain (or humidity) sensor 36 and a turn sensor 35.
  • suitable sensors e.g. a rain (or humidity) sensor 36 and a turn sensor 35.

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  1. Beleuchtungssystem (1) für Fahrzeuge, das ein Paar von Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen (2, 3) umfasst, die dazu ausgelegt sind, an gegenüberliegenden äußeren Stirnseiten eines Fahrzeugs (4) angebracht zu werden, wobei jede der Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen einen Gehäusekörper (9) mit einer vorderen Einlassöffnung, die so angeordnet ist, dass sie im Gebrauch in eine Vorwärtsfahrtrichtung des Fahrzeugs gerichtet ist, ein Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) und wenigstens zwei sekundäre Beleuchtungsmodule (13, 14, 15) umfasst, die innerhalb des Gehäusekörpers der Einlassöffnung zugewandt angeordnet sind, wobei das Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) starr und stationär von dem jeweiligen Gehäusekörper (9) unterstützt ist, während die wenigstens zwei sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13, 14, 15) bezüglich des Gehäusekörpers und des Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls um jeweils eine eigene erste Achse (A, B, C) drehbar unterstützt sind, wobei die ersten Achsen (A, B, C) im Gebrauch parallel zueinander und quer zu einer horizontalen Ebene angeordnet sind; wobei das Paar von Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen (2, 3) dazu ausgelegt ist, wenn es eingeschaltet ist, auf einem vor der Beleuchtungsvorrichtung angeordneten Testschirm entsprechende Gesamtlichtprojektionen (7, 8) zu erzeugen, die sich in einer horizontalen Richtung teilweise überlappen; wobei das Beleuchtungssystem ferner eine Steuereinheit (19) zum selektiven Ein-/Ausschalten des Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls (12) und der sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13, 14, 15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (2, 3) umfasst, wobei
    i) - das Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) und die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13, 14, 15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung dazu ausgelegt sind, wenn sie eingeschaltet sind, auf dem Testschirm jeweils eine individuelle Lichtprojektion (20-27) zu erzeugen, wobei die Summe der individuellen Lichtprojektionen der Module jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung die von der jeweiligen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung erzeugte Gesamtlichtprojektion (7, 8) bildet;
    ii) - die wenigstens zwei sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13, 14, 15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung so ausgelegt und/oder innerhalb des jeweiligen Gehäusekörpers (9) angeordnet sind, dass sie, wenn sie eingeschaltet sind, auf dem Testschirm jeweils individuelle Lichtprojektionen (21-23, 25-27) erzeugen, die zumindest teilweise in einer vertikalen Richtung zueinander versetzt angeordnet sind;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    iii) - alle sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule unabhängig voneinander um die jeweils eigene erste Achse (A, B, C) drehbar sind und ferner alle zusammen oder wenigstens eines unabhängig von den anderen um eine zweite Achse (D), die im Wesentlichen senkrecht zu den ersten Achsen angeordnet ist, drehbar sind/ist;
    iv) - die Steuereinheit (19) dazu ausgelegt ist, selektiv die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) mit gleichen oder unterschiedlichen Winkeln um die ersten Achsen und um die zweite Achse zu drehen und die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung unabhängig von dem Ein-/Ausschalten des Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls (12) jeweils derselben Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (2, 3) einzuschalten und auszuschalten.
  2. Beleuchtungssystem nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die wenigstens zwei sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung innerhalb des Gehäusekörpers (9) in Richtung der ersten Achsen (A, B, C) zueinander versetzt angeordnet sind.
  3. Beleuchtungssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) nebeneinander und auf einer Seite des jeweiligen Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls (12) gegenüber einem ersten seitlichen Ende (28) des jeweiligen Gehäusekörpers angeordnet sind, das dazu ausgelegt ist, an der Außenseite eines Fahrzeugs angebracht zu werden, und das Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul aufnimmt.
  4. Beleuchtungssystem nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erstes (15) der sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung an einem zweiten seitlichen Ende (29) der jeweiligen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung gegenüber dem ersten seitlichen Ende angeordnet ist und dazu ausgelegt ist, wenn es eingeschaltet ist, auf dem Testschirm eine erste individuelle Lichtprojektion (23, 27) zu erzeugen, die in Bezug auf die individuellen Lichtprojektionen, die von den anderen sekundären Beleuchtungsmodulen auf dem Testschirm erzeugt werden, oben angeordnet ist und in horizontaler Richtung weniger breit ist als die individuellen Lichtprojektionen (21, 22; 25, 26), die von den anderen sekundären Beleuchtungsmodulen auf dem Testschirm erzeugt werden.
  5. Beleuchtungssystem nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein erstes (15) der sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (2, 3) an einem zweiten seitlichen Ende (29) der jeweiligen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung gegenüber dem ersten seitlichen Ende angeordnet ist und mit einer Lichtstrahlanpassungsvorrichtung (30) versehen ist, die entweder einen Blindschirm oder eine Lichtanpassungslinse (31) und einen Aktuator (32) umfasst, um den Blindschirm oder die Anpassungslinse selektiv zu bewegen, um einen Lichtstrahl (5c; 6c), der von dem ersten sekundären Beleuchtungsmodul erzeugt wird, zumindest teilweise abzufangen; wobei die Lichtstrahlanpassungsvorrichtung (30) dazu ausgelegt ist, ein Seitenverhältnis einer ersten individuellen Lichtprojektion (23; 27) zu modifizieren, die auf dem Testschirm durch den Lichtstrahl gebildet wird, der von dem ersten sekundären Beleuchtungsmodul erzeugt wird, wenn dieses eingeschaltet wird.
  6. Beleuchtungssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (19) dazu ausgelegt ist, die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung um die ersten Achsen zu drehen, um eine erste Position einzunehmen, in der sie im Wesentlichen parallel zu dem Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) der jeweiligen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung ausgerichtet sind, und wobei die individuellen Lichtprojektionen (21-23), die auf dem Testschirm durch die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule der einen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (2) erzeugt werden, zumindest teilweise in horizontaler Richtung mit den entsprechenden individuellen Lichtprojektionen (25-27) überlagert sind, die auf demselben Testschirm durch die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule der anderen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (3) erzeugt werden; wobei die Steuereinheit (19) ferner dazu ausgelegt ist, die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) beider Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen um die zweite Achse (D) so weit zu drehen, dass die individuellen Lichtprojektionen, die von den sekundären Beleuchtungsmodulen beider Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen erzeugt werden, wenn diese eingeschaltet sind und sich in der ersten Position befinden, selektiv an einer Abschneidelinie (34) der individuellen Lichtprojektionen, die von den Hauptbeleuchtungsmodulen erzeugt werden, und unterhalb der Abschneidelinie (34) angeordnet sind.
  7. Beleuchtungssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (19) dazu ausgelegt ist, die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung um die ersten Achsen zu drehen, um eine zweite Position einzunehmen, in der sie im Wesentlichen in einem Winkel zu dem Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) der jeweiligen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung ausgerichtet sind, und wobei die individuellen Lichtprojektionen (21-23), die auf dem Testschirm durch die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule der einen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung erzeugt werden, in horizontaler Richtung im Wesentlichen nicht mit den entsprechenden individuellen Lichtprojektionen (25-27), die auf demselben Testschirm durch die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule der anderen Beleuchtungsvorrichtung erzeugt werden, überlagert sind, sondern mit diesen nebeneinander angeordnet sind; wobei die Steuereinheit (19) ferner dazu ausgelegt ist, die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule beider Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen (2, 3) um die zweite Achse so weit zu drehen, dass die individuellen Lichtprojektionen, die von den sekundären Beleuchtungsmodulen beider Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen erzeugt werden, wenn diese eingeschaltet sind und sich in der zweiten Position befinden, selektiv an einer Abschneidelinie (34) der individuellen Lichtprojektionen, die von den Hauptbeleuchtungsmodulen erzeugt werden, und unterhalb der Abschneidelinie (34) angeordnet sind.
  8. Beleuchtungssystem nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (19) dazu ausgelegt ist, eine Lichtstrahlanpassungsvorrichtung (30) zu aktivieren, die einem ersten (15) sekundären Beleuchtungsmodul jeder Beleuchtungsvorrichtung zugeordnet und dazu konfiguriert ist, ein Seitenverhältnis einer ersten individuellen Lichtprojektion (21, 25) zu modifizieren, die auf dem Testschirm durch einen Lichtstrahl gebildet wird, der von dem ersten sekundären Beleuchtungsmodul erzeugt wird, wenn dieses eingeschaltet ist.
  9. Beleuchtungssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (19) dazu ausgelegt ist, die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) einer ersten des Paars von Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen (2, 3) ausgeschaltet zu halten und gleichzeitig die sekundären Beleuchtungsmodule (13-15) einer zweiten des Paars von Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen (2, 3) um die ersten Achsen zu drehen, um eine mehrere dritte Positionen einzunehmen, in denen sie so ausgerichtet sind, dass sie mit dem entsprechenden Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) auf der Seite des Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls, die einem ersten seitlichen Ende (28) des Gehäusekörpers, das unmittelbar an das Hauptbeleuchtungsmodul (12) angrenzt, gegenüberliegt, unterschiedliche Winkel bilden, so dass ihre individuellen Lichtprojektionen auf dem Testschirm nur teilweise miteinander und mit der individuellen Lichtprojektion (20, 24) des entsprechenden Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls überlagert sind, wobei die individuellen Lichtprojektionen (21-23; 25-27) jedes sekundären Beleuchtungsmoduls in Bezug auf die individuelle Lichtprojektion des sekundären Beleuchtungsmoduls, das auf der Seite des Hauptbeleuchtungsmoduls (12) unmittelbar benachbart ist, zunehmend weiter von dem ersten seitlichen Ende (28) des Gehäusekörpers weg verschoben werden.
  10. Fahrzeug (4), das mit einem Beleuchtungssystem (1) nach einem der vorangehende Ansprüche versehen ist.
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